The Holbrooke Fund is to finance the inaugural program of " Corps - Africa " in Morocco which was officially launched in Washington. Inspired by the experience of the U.S. Peace Corps, " Corps -...

Rajoy in Morocco has been the curiosity of the moment, his first foreign visit as president of the council has not gone unnoticed.With a than warm embrace but not all protocol between the very...

A poor harvest has led to food shortages and rising prices. it has launched an appeal for £30 million because Niger already has one of the worst child survival rates in the world. One in six children...

Mr Nacer Mahel Minister of Information said that the new Algerian information code will be the guarantor of freedom of expression and that for the first time it opens the country's domestic...

The Spanish journal El Pueblo cites Spanish government sources saying that Morocco is going to install a military base close to Sebta. It will be in a converted former school which will be...

South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt and Morocco lead Tweeting on the continent In the first ever attempt to comprehensively map the use of Twitter in Africa, Portland and Tweetminster analysed over...

A new modern symbol towers above London Bridge, Europes highest builiding , is it a shot in the arm for London – or merely a symbol of Qatari financial muscle ? The Guardian asks....

Tunisia's Ennhada party has had difficulty dealing with the Salafists in Tunisia and an article in the newspaper Le Temps examines the nature of the Salafists' beliefs....

Several combatants or suspected supporters of the former Libyan regime were tortured to death in their place of detention, Amnesty International deplored reports of the "widespread" practice of...

Oil production in Libya has reached 1.3 million barrels per day, said the National Oil Cmpany (NOC) on its website on Thursday. Before the...

Moroccan Mediator for Democracy and Human Rights sent a memorandum to the Prime Minister on many issues related to human rights in the country recently....

During the interception of a convoy in Niger, a large quantity of Semtex (645 pounds) and 445 detonators were seized. According to the Niger authorities, the explosives were intended for the AQIM...

The Libyan Minister of Defense, Osama al Djouali visited Wednesday in Bani Walid, a former stronghold of Muammar Gaddafi 150 km southeast of Tripoli, whose inhabitants expelled the pro-government...

Detailed reports on the Algerian army are rare for understandable security reasons. Jeune Afrique in its issue for 8-14 January gives us a rare glimpse in to the heart of the Algerian army. If " La...

The tangible and intangible Amazigh heritage is honored at the new Museum of the Institut du Monde Arabe (IMA) in Paris, which opens to the public in February, the management of the IMA said on...

Algeria and Morocco have agreed to organize a bi-annual meeting of their Foreign Ministers to assess bilateral relations, Moroccan Foreign Minister Saad Eddine El Othmani said at a joint press...

The French daily La Croix on Tuesday focuses on the impact of the "symbolic" visit in Algeria of the Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation and of the reprochment of relations between...

The meeting bringing together the foreign ministers of the Sahel countries (Algeria, Mali, Mauritania and Niger) scheduled for Monday at Nouakchott will be used to review the plans to secure...

The Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci said Monday in Algiers that "there is a will" to strengthen bilateral relations between Algeria and MoroccoWelcoming the Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs and...